The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan – Chinese version
How many editions are they available for this Chen taiji classic, Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan 陈氏太极拳图说 by Chen Xin (陈鑫) Quite a lot apparently. Here are 5. I think the best quality is the one that has 4 volumes (the dark blue cover set ).
Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan
The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan was written by Chen Xin from 1908. In 1919, the manuscript was sent off to Nanjing to try to get it published. That did not work out and the manuscript was lost. in 1929, at his deathbed, Chen Xin passed over another copy of the manuscript to his nephew, Chen ChunYuan and advised him to get it published or else to destroy it. Chen Chunyuan and a few others further arranged and edited it before it was finally published by KaiMing Bookstore in 1933. Thanks to them, this book remains one of the best taijiquan classic today.
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This can be used as a road map for chenstyle practice. Any particular section that is more relevant to your current practice?
At my basic level, i found the section covering the different postures and what are the key requirements in each posture to be very useful.
[...] as the Chen Family Taiji Classics, we are fortunate to have Chen Xin’s “The illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan“, as well as Chen Zhiming’s “The Art of Chen Family Taijiquan Transmitted through [...]
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